What an amazing Carol Service we enjoyed this year at St Catherine's!The church looked resplendent, with candles and trees on every window, and with the main Christmas Tree dominating from its now customary place in the pulpit. Nearly 400 people crammed into the building to join with us in the annual Pontypridd Carol Service - this year joined by Cllr Rob Smith, mayor of RCT, who made it his Civic Carol Service too.
The choir sang two pieces composed by Marcus, one especially for this service - a lovely, elegaic piece about Mary's feelings on being the mother of Jesus.
Julie Davies and Esther Sowerby took solo parts in the other. Our usual musicians were joined by Evan and Chris, two members of MGQ, to add a little jazz feel to a couple of the congregational carols, and everyone sang with great enjoyment.All the readers represented different strands of Pontypridd life, from the Rugby Club to health care, from the Market Company to the High School, as well as prayers from Revd Simon Walkling of St David's Uniting Church,
and of course we had the choir from Ysgol Evan James add their own songs as well - including Stori'r Preseb, fast becoming a modern Welsh classic. Marcus rounded the evening off with a moving reminder of the love of God "for all and for always" at the heart of Christmas, and then we adjourned to the Church Hall for mince pies and sherry as guests of the mayor of RCT.
On Christmas Eve we will be back for Midnight Communion at 11.30pm, with a wonderful Family Christmas Celebration at 9.30am on Christmas Day: come and join us!
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